Origami is the art of paper plastic. It's hard to believe, but it was born in China, where paper was invented. And in Japan, folding paper figures is most widespread. However, not only in the Land of the Rising Sun, every child knows how to quickly make a crane or a flower. The paper folding tradition also existed in Korea, Germany and Spain. By following simple schemes, you can reproduce any figurine. For example, a heart.
This exciting activity is available to everyone. To do this, you just need to exactly follow the presented schemes. Origami is an activity for the patient. Anyone can master it - for this it is enough just to follow the folding scheme and have some patience. It is important to remember that any deviation of at least 1 millimeter from the drawing scheme can lead to the fact that the whole figure will not turn out what you expected.
A great idea for beginners is origami in the shape of a heart. This will be appropriate not only for romantic lovers who can decorate the resulting heart with declarations of love. A bookmark of this shape is pleasant to use, for example, for books. So, we offer everyone to try their hand at the ancient art. Let's try the simplest method, which is most suitable for those who have no idea at all how and where to start.
Technique for creating a heart out of paper
Let's take an ordinary square sheet of paper of any color. It can be not only red or pink, the paper can also be colored on only one side - this is not so important. Now fold the sheet diagonally and horizontally. It is important to remember that the art of origami respects accuracy.
The next step is to fold two opposite corners to the center of the sheet. As a result, the unfolded corners should point up and down. After that, we fold the paper horizontally so that we get a house, in which you will need to bend the lower left corner. The fold should be in line with the middle of the fold.
Now we will bend the left half back so that we get something like a valve in the shape of a triangle. The top corner should go down to the bottom center when we press on the valve on the left and pull it out.
Now we fold the edges, bend the upper corners, and then turn the craft over, and the heart is ready!
DIY heart with a flower
Now you can try your hand at a more difficult case. For example, make a heart with a flower. It will take a little longer than the previous heart. For such a heart, it is better to use paper with multi-colored sides to make the flower in the center more expressive and voluminous.
The length of the sheet of paper we need should be twice the width. Bend the triangle on both sides, and then straighten the sheet. Let's repeat the same on the opposite side. Let's mark the triangle as A and B, straightening the sheet. We connect these triangles in the center, and then smooth them out so that we get a flat triangle on the right edge.
Repeat the same on the other side and fold back the edges of the triangle. Open the triangle from the previous step and flatten it so that you get a square, on which you need to bend 2 small triangles. After that, we will open them and make them flat. Let's repeat the whole process from other sides. Bending the vertical planes, we get a bend.
Let's unfold and raise the right half, and then lower it so that it touches the left half. Lift the right half again, and bend the corners of the triangle. The right half must be lowered as shown in Figure 20.
Turning the product over to the other side, we will do everything as shown in Figures 25 and 26. The heart with a volumetric flower inside is ready.
You can improve your origami skills by folding more complex shapes. This lesson will become even more exciting if you remember that it was originally of a ritual nature. It was not only the shades of the paper colors that mattered, but the ways in which it was folded. In ancient times, each fold had its own sacred meaning: reverence, supplication, and so on. Among other things, an origami class develops fine motor skills in children. These reasons are enough to make folding traditional Japanese paper figurines a family pastime.
